When we came into office, we uncovered a $12 billion budget deficit.
Today, I’m proud to say we brought it down to zero.
We didn’t close the gap on the backs of working people.
We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets and making historic investments in public housing.
Call it Pothole Politics. Call it Democratic Socialism. It's government that delivers for the people who make this city run.
That’s what New Yorkers deserve. And that’s what we will keep fighting for every single day.
@PhilaParking This Nissan Pathfinder has been nearly completely blocking the sidewalk near the intersection of Budd St and Spring Garden St for a few days.
Trump has repealed a Biden executive order mandating ethical behavior from administration employees.
The order told federal workers to:
-Not accept gifts from lobbyists
-Not take other bribes
-Not lobby for two years after government work
-And more
Now those rules are gone.
birthright citizenship is the sacrificial bone trump is throwing dems so they can have something to halfheartedly fight over while trump and his oligarch cabinet rape the country with a million other policies
Streetsblog's @GershKuntzman was there as the congestion pricing cameras turned on at 12:00:01 a.m. and interviewed the FIRST driver to pay the toll. @WCBSTV's @MKramerTV should take note of what this driver had to say:
this is INCREDIBLE, congestion pricing is already working wonders
traffic at 1:30PM on the average Sunday vs today
Holland Tunnel: 27 mins ➡️ 9 mins
Lincoln Tunnel: 10 mins ➡️ 3 mins
Williamsburg Bridge: 11 mins ➡️ 6 mins
Trump’s election doesn't have to mean the labor resurgence is over
Unions actually organized more workers under George W. Bush than under Obama (mostly because labor seriously funded organizing in the early 2000s)
Here's why unions can still go on the offensive today 🧵
Car brained commenters often cite dangerous transit as a reason to drive. To address this claim I mapped homicides on transit compared to deaths from cars in several large cities. First is NYC, where more pedestrians die than drivers